KROK 1 2015 – Question 184 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 27-year-old patient with injury to the neck has lost approximately 30% of the blood volume. The patient’s condition is severe: blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg, heart rate is 140/min., respiratory rate is 30/min., conscious. Characterize the condition of the patient’s circulatory system:
- A. Arterial hypertension
- B. Hypovolemic shock
- C. Collapse
- D. Cardiogenic shock
- E. Coma
Hint
Relate the 30% blood loss to what happens to venous return and cardiac output, and ask which pathological process the low pressure with a fast pulse represents.
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